{"id":66996,"date":"2025-06-13T13:05:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T17:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=66996"},"modified":"2025-06-13T22:38:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T02:38:56","slug":"burning-bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2025\/06\/burning-bridges.html","title":{"rendered":"‘Burning Bridges’<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Listen<\/a> to William ‘Cody’ Maher’s poem.
The poet says he\u2019s “in the business of burning bridges.”
That’s not all the business he’s in.<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Click to listen to ‘Burning Bridges’<\/a> from THE SUITCASE.<\/em> Poems by William Cody Maher with Soundtracks<\/a>,
released July 17, 2000. (William Cody Maher, Berlin ’91, accompanied by Billy Goodman, Frank Pyne, Sequenced Soul.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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